Viper Wing Dragon
Hello Journal,
it seems like an eternity since I have sat down to write an update. There is much to tell...but I think I will stick with simply showing what has happened. Since I have covered both the Maasai Girl and Shaolin Monks already, I will share the model I developed after my "Viper Wing" dragon concept. His name is Riddley, as named by one of my talented lab instructors, Seth Freeman.
This was a concept I came up with, after doing some research and getting inspiration. Usually, I like to do some concept work in Zbrush, to give me a feel for the size and mass of the creature. But since I had pretty solid drawings, I immediately went into Maya and was able to get the base mesh good and solid before heading into Zbrush, which is the way I prefer to work anyways.
If you would like to see more of this initial process, click HERE.
So, without further to ado, here is one of the closer head renders:
Since I was focusing on the modeling aspect of this creature, I really …
it seems like an eternity since I have sat down to write an update. There is much to tell...but I think I will stick with simply showing what has happened. Since I have covered both the Maasai Girl and Shaolin Monks already, I will share the model I developed after my "Viper Wing" dragon concept. His name is Riddley, as named by one of my talented lab instructors, Seth Freeman.
This was a concept I came up with, after doing some research and getting inspiration. Usually, I like to do some concept work in Zbrush, to give me a feel for the size and mass of the creature. But since I had pretty solid drawings, I immediately went into Maya and was able to get the base mesh good and solid before heading into Zbrush, which is the way I prefer to work anyways.
If you would like to see more of this initial process, click HERE.
So, without further to ado, here is one of the closer head renders:
Since I was focusing on the modeling aspect of this creature, I really …